although well away from the existing KBFSC which, along with the Belalong valley, is to be reserved for educational and research activities only. Access for so-called ecotourists will be strictly limited by the facilities available, but their presence and the desire by the Forestry Department to carter for them ensure the long-term prevalence of conservation-minded policies for the region. It is possible that the limited access policy is intended in the interests of conservation and management of the protected forest. However, unlike in other countries in South-East Asia (see the chapter by Cochrane in this volume), it is worth noting that the economic attraction of ecotourism is perhaps less in Brunei at present for much the same reason that its forests are not systematically exploited for timber.